Albert II of Austria

Albert II, Duke of Austria (12 December 1298-16 August 1358) was Duke of Austria from 1330 to 1358, succeeding Frederick the Fair and preceding Rudolf IV of Austria.

Biography
Albert was born on 12 December 1298 in Habsburg Castle, Swabia, a son of Albert I of Germany and Elizabeth of Carinthia. In 1313, he became the Bishop of Passau at the age of 15, and in 1317 he renounced the title due to a rivalry with another family. In 1330, he was granted the Duchy of Austria after the death of his elder brother Frederick the Fair, and in 1335 he inherited Carinthia from his maternal uncle, King Henry of Bohemia. Albert was rivals with John the Blind of Bohemia, allying with Emperor Louis IV of Germany and Louis V of Bavaria. In 1350, he besieged the city of Zurich in Switzerland, but to no avail; he would die lame in 1358.